Dermal cylindroma

Dermal cylindroma
Classification and external resources

Micrograph of a dermal cylindroma. H&E stain.
ICD-O: M8200/3
eMedicine derm/94
MeSH D003528

In dermatologic pathology, a dermal cylindroma, also dermal eccrine cylindroma[1]:666) and (less specifically) cylindroma, is a benign adnexal tumor,[2] which occurs on the scalp and forehead.

Multiple cylindromas may grow together in a "hat-like" configuration, the so-called "turban tumor." Cylindromas are uncommon dysplasias of skin appendages.[3]

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Histology

Dermal cylindromas are:

They lack of a significant number of lymphocytes; this differentiates them from spiradenomas.

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See also

References

  1. ^ James, William D.; Berger, Timothy G.; et al. (2006). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: clinical Dermatology. Saunders Elsevier. ISBN 0-7216-2921-0. 
  2. ^ "Cylindroma" at Dorland's Medical Dictionary
  3. ^ Cylindroma at eMedicine